This document lays out the principles and decision criteria for employing “cloud first” services in specific instances and differentiates the different service and delivery models that may be appropriate for different application scenarios. Given the state of the industry, Colorado’s IT infrastructure and footprint, and the opportunities that are available, Colorado is proceeding with a “cloud first” policy, mirroring the Federal government’s cloud policy. To that end, Colorado is making a deliberate and explicit policy to “cloud first” services. The State will proceed with the presumption that new services, applications and major revisions to existing applications will be supported in a cloud based environment first, unless there are substantive reasons why they should be hosted on the State’s private infrastructure.

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The Office of Information Technology has six strategic priorities. We envision that these priorities will be in place for the long-term. What will change from year to year are the initiatives that we choose to pursue for each priority. The playbook describes OIT's plans for each of the priorities in FY14 and beyond as well as what we plan to specifically achieve this fiscal year.

The Department’s 2013-2014 Strategic Plan continues to move us forward toward our vision of “building a safer Colorado for today and tomorrow”. Our new objectives focus on improving the delivery of quality mental health programs, implementing the new federal legislation for the Prison Rape Elimination Act, and applying the Lean process improvement system to achieve our strategic initiatives.

This strategic plan, known as Secure Colorado, is a three-year initiative focused on making strategic decisions and investments to protect the data Coloradans have entrusted to state government. Secure Colorado outlines the strategic goals and initiatives of the Colorado Information Security Program to safeguard the State’s information assets and assure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the information vital to achieve the State of Colorado’s mission.